Hillsboro recorder., 1887-10-06
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

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Belts Of gilt braid or passementeric arc
much worn with white wool dresses.
Crushed roses and loops of tulle make
the popular trimming for Leghorn flats.
In France standing collars with turned
dowa points are worn only in full dress
The rough cottons of last year, with
boucle and frise effects, are entirely out
Of style.
Very wide sashcs Of black brocade are
all the rage, apd are worn with all sorts
of costumes.
The colored pearls--rose, gray and
black, the latter for mourning -are very
much the fashion.
Fans Of point d'csprit net are much in
favor; they don't give particle of air,
but they look well.
The sailor hat is being decidedly worn
this season for all, and more, too, than il
is fashionably worth.
Bracelets are never worn in pairs. In
fact, it is the fashion to manacle only the
right arm at present.
Large lockets from band of black
velvet about the feminine neck are IN
doubtedly fashionable.
A novelty in the way of tca-gowns is
Of shrimp pink India silk, the skirt
covered with lace flounces.
Mrs. r. L. Hughes, of Lexington, Ga,
owns butter dish which her English
ancestors ate out Of in 1850.
Sailor hats are still worn on almost all
possible occasions, THAR principal rivals
being the broad Leghorn flats.
To Judge from the models now in prep.
aration, wraps will be quite as diyersi-
fled next season as they were last.
Red blouses Of soft silk arc worn with
skirts ofwhitc and red striped flannel by
English girls for boating dresses.
The newest freak Of fashion is to have
the dress, hat, gloves, boots and stock
ings Of the same color as the lady's hair.
A string Of gold beads around the
throat is worn with low summer dresses.
1t has most innocently infantile effect.
The leg-of.mutton sleeve, il appears, is
simply the result of conspiracy among
fashionable dressmakers to drive out the
jerseys.
Sailor collars, combined with q fichu
or scarf ends, are made of pale blue or
scarlet silk, and worn with white wool or
China silk dresses.
Cream-colored camel's hair, with fine
gold passementerie on vest, collar and
cuffs, and gold buttons, make an exqui-
site driving jacket.
Dresses are worn longer than ever,
nearly touching the ground, and the
steels which are used to expand them are
smaller than Of la:e.
White muslin vests or plastrons are
made very full in puifs across the chest,
separated by tucks, through which mar
row ribbons are drawn.
Shawl-shaped reyers collars, all in on e
piece and rounded on the sides, are worn
with open.throated dresses instead Of
the notched coat collars OF last year.
Miss Edmunds Is q great aid to her
father, the Senator. She acts as his
private secretary a good portion IL the
time, and looks closely after his law busi-
ness. ~r W.
Electric blue in many shades, finally
losing itself in silver gray, Is one Of the
most popular Of the seasons colors, and
viii probably be seen in deeper tones in
the fall. -
Miss Luce, daughter of Governor Luce
Of Michigan, has been voted the Daugh-
ter Of the Brigade, owing 10 hg kindness
and attention to the inyalids in the State
camp near Detroit.
PeIerine capes, y-shaped plastrons, and
pointed Swiss belts, for wear with black
lace dresses, are made Of finely cut jet
beads, in trcllis patterns, dropping loops,
or chain armor designs.
Bowmanyille, Ont, Is said to be para
disc for women desirous Of entering the
estate Of matrimoay. During the past
two years there have been no less than
eleven recTgani,ations OF the village
church choir. all rendered requisite By
female members taking unto themselves
husbands.
The newest dresses are made with two
skirts, the lower one being slightly
longer than the upper, and is raised with
small plaits on the hips and pulled at the
back, and il sometimes opened at one
side to reveal the undcrskirt or panel.
which may be Of lighter or darker
shade than the dress.
There are one hundred and fifty.female
physicians in New York to-day, and the
number in Brooklyn and the surrounding
cities about doubles that. Among those
in New York city there arc quito num-
Der who have incomes Of 80, 900; two o.
three make yearly sums ranging from
$4,000 10 800, 900, and one has averaged
for the last four years steady income of